Consumers who bought each iPhone 4 have been in various stages of revolt amid the ongoing troubles through the device’s antenna. The problem, specifically, sees the iPhone fail to obtain signal strength when held a certain way, a condition lovelessly dubbed the “dying grip.”
Defending his product, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that the iPhone’s antenna issues were not substantively worse than those moving rival devices. Not so, says a U.K. research firm that found through testing that the iPhone, in fact, is more prone to loss its signal than its competitors. Enterprise Mobile Today takes a appearance at the findings.
A technology consultancy in England has carried abroad a series of signal-strength tests for the iPhone 4 and other smartphones, and has concluded that while all phones do lose signal strength when held a certain wont, the iPhone 4 is the most affected.
PA Consulting Group published a fresh report comparing Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4 to the BlackBerry 9700 and HTC HD2. It build the BlackBerry and HD2 both see signal reduction when held a settled way, but that the iPhone 4 consistently suffered the greatest indication losses.
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Tests Show iPhone 4 Hit Hardest through ‘Death Grip’
